04/05/2012 - 06/05/2012
Finnish designers will be highly visible at this year's Eunique arts & crafts event.
30/04/2012
The Wuxi Grand Theatre, designed by PES-Architects, is a great example of Finnish architecture around the world today.
21/04/2012 - 19/05/2012
The 'Fast Forward Design, Young Designers for a Sustainable Future' exhibition will be displaying new sustainable design by young Finns and Italians.
20/04/2012 - 21/04/2012
NEWLY DRAWN – ‘Emerging Finnish Architects’ is a network of new-generation architects, which will be providing busy New York with two satellite events as part of the World Design Capital programme.
07/04/2012 - 10/03/2013
The Essence of Finnish Design and Culture exhibition will tour five selected Japanese museums during WDC Helsinki 2012, presenting a broad spectrum of Finnish design.
18/02/2012 - 06/05/2012
Tapio Wirkkala (1915 – 1985) is one of the internationally best-known Finns. Through his prolitic production of sculptures and design objects, Wirkkala became a leading figure in Finland`s modern applied arts, and a pioneer of abstract sculpture in postwar Finland.
22/03/2012 - 25/03/2012
DesignMarch is Iceland’s most important annual design event.
03/02/2012
Inspired by WDC Helsinki 2012, the Good Design Is Forever event also opened this significant period for design in the most Finnish state of the U.S.A.
24/01/2012
World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 will participate in the Helsinki EU Office event in the European Union’s capital, Brussels.
15/12/2011 - 28/01/2012
In cooperation with the Milli Reasürans gallery and Istanbul Technical University’s Department of Industrial Product Design, the Finnish Embassy in Turkey will organise an event in Istanbul focusing on Finnish design.
16/11/2011 - 11/12/2011
Aalto on Waves is a cross-disciplinary project that involves more than a hundred students of art and design, economy and technology.
10/11/2011 - 11/11/2011
The project is dedicated to the role of design and innovation in the sustainable development of societies. The activities in the project are divided into three parts: a project, workshop and social innovation seminar that is open to the public.
08/11/2011 - 15/01/2012
The Finnish Embassy in Brazil is co-operating with the embassies of other Nordic countries to organise an exhibition of award-winning Nordic design. The Nordic Design Award Exhibition will be open from 8 November 2011 to 15 January 2012 at São Paulo’s leading design museum, Museu da Casa Brasileira.
26/10/2011 - 08/11/2011
This year Hirameki Design X Finland introduces stories of Love Communication told by Finnish designers, together with Isetan, one of the most remarkable department stores in Japan.
25/09/2011 - 03/10/2011
Wonderwater at Tian Hai is a pop-up event taking place at an existing restaurant in Beijing exploring the relationship between food and water consumption. Designed to raise awareness of the water footprint, it aims to make us think about the impact of what we eat on local and global water use.
17/09/2011 - 25/09/2011
The London Design Festival is one of the world’s premier design events each year. Taking place over nine days in September, this year’s festival will bring more than 200 installations, exhibitions, lectures, seminars and parties to the capital. Most of the festival programme is free for visitors.
14/09/2011 - 16/09/2011
The PICNIC Festival is an annual 3-day event that breaks down the barriers between creativity, science, technology and business and explores new, creative solutions in a spirit of co-operation.
04/06/2011 - 27/11/2011
Held for more than a century, the Venice Biennale has become one of the world’s most important showcases for contemporary art. This year Finland will be represented by visual artist Vesa-Pekka Rannikko at the biennale. World Design Capital Helsinki will also be part of this important art event, which kicks off in June in Italy.
24/10/2011 - 26/10/2011
The 2011 IDA Congress being held in Taipei in October strives to promote the utilisation of design in different areas of society. The congress brings together designers and experts from different fields and links design more closely with science, technology, administration and the economy.
11/12/2011 - 18/02/2012
The cities of Shenzhen and Hong Kong are hosting the 7th Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture. The event takes a stand on modern phenomena in China, which is urbanising at an ever increasing pace.
16/09/2011 - 25/09/2011
London in the autumn is known for its rain, but also for the Britain's major Design Festival. This year the festival will also include a design and photography exhibition called Finnish Design Unwrapped, which presents top names in Finnish design.
27/08/2011 - 28/08/2011
This international modern architecture event will bring experts in the field to Jyväskylä in August. The theme of the 4th Alvar Aalto Meeting is high-rise building and its relationship to the urban environment. The High-Rise Shuffle 2011 event is also open to the public.
03/11/2011 - 30/11/2011
Prize-winning Finnish work in graphic design and advertising will be on display in October-November in St. Petersburg. The Best of the Year 2010 exhibition is set to open in a former factory, and will include book illustrations and graphics, posters and service design.
01/06/2011 - 05/06/2011
New Finnish design and design thinking are highly visible at this festival held in Berlin in June. Attending the festival as a special guest, Finland is presented by many young designers, WDC Helsinki and the City of Helsinki.
22/10/2011 - 30/10/2011
The annual Dutch Design Week is being held in October in Eindhoven, one of the most important design cities in Europe. More than 1,500 designers are bringing their work to the event, which is now being held for the 10th time. These designers represent areas such as industrial design, spatial design and design management.
13/09/2011 - 16/09/2011
Copenhagen will be highlighting international trends in education when the European Association for International Education (EAIE) holds its annual conference in September. The event is being held for the 23rd time and is the largest of its kind in Europe.
28/09/2011 - 03/10/2011
Beijing Design Week is an international design event that promotes the development of the creative industry in Beijing. The aim is to use design to build and develop one of the world’s most populous cities.
07/02/2012 - 11/02/2012
With a total of 650 designers, design agencies and other exhibitors, Stockholm Furniture Fair is the largest exhibition of Nordic design. The event is scheduled for the second week of February and is being held in Stockholm for the 61st time.
05/10/2011 - 15/10/2011
In October, the culture of Helsinki and Finland will be prominently displayed in St. Petersburg, which is the site of the annual Helsinki Days. Residents of the city will have the chance to peek into a Helsinki courtyard, listen to Finnish fairytales and enjoy a Finnish club concert.
17/10/2011 - 30/11/2011
Hel Looks - Street Styles from Helsinki will present Helsinki fashion trends in the Belgian fashion capital of Antwerp. The exhibition and event package being held in October-November will fill Designcenter De Winklehaak with fashion, music and photographs.
03/10/2011 - 16/10/2011
The Fin Noir exhibition will present modern Finnish fashion trends in conjunction with the Paris Fashion Week in September 2011. The exhibition will highlight top young Finnish designers who have influenced the development of fashion culture.
26/09/2011 - 06/10/2011
The Pekka of Finland exhibition of contemporary Finnish illustration will be touring Central Europe in the autumn.
21/09/2011 - 06/11/2011
The Cheongju International Craft Biennale is one of the largest events for fine crafts in the world. The biennale will be held in September-October this year. Finland is the theme country of the event.
15/06/2011 - 19/06/2011
The international spatial art festival Arcitectures Vives will spread across the city of Montpellier, France in June, with young designers and architects building temporary installations in the city centre’s inner yards. Aalto University, a close partner of WDC Helsinki, is a special guest at the event.
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